Method of hair waving



Filed Sept. 1925 [.Yl'EXTOR. 501 366/267 .1TTOR.-\"EYS Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

SOL FISHER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

METHOD or mm wavmo.

Application filed September 9, 1925. Serial No. 55,395. i

The present invention, relating as indicated to a method of and apparatus for hair waving, is more particularly directed to an improved method of carrying out the oper- 6 ation commonly termed permanently waving hair, which consists, as ordinarily carried out, in coiling a lock of hair tightly around a pin or wire form, enclosing this coiled lock of hair within a sealed chamber containin heating elements, usually electrical, and then supplying suflicient heat to the I chamber to vaporize a small amount of liquid, usually oil and water, in the chamber to give a set to the coiled lock of hair.

The present invention is directed particularly to an improvement on this method of hair waving which consists in simultaneously removing any escaping vaporor liquid from the lower end of the chamber during the heating operation in order to effectively prevent any burning of the scalp, which is many times caused by either-the hot vapor or the condensed liquid dropping upon or coming in contact with the scalp. To-the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends,

said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain means and one mode of carrying out the invention, such disclosed means and mode illustrating, however, but one of various ways in which the principle of the invention may be used. 35, In said annexed drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing one form of my improved apparatus in use in connection with a hair-waving mechanism;-

and Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the discharge nozzle of my improved cooling apparatus.

Refernng now to 1, there is shown, in

outline, a human head 1 with one of the locks of hair 2 properly coiled and disposed within a heating element or chamber 3, which is ordinarily suspended either from the ceiling or' from a suitable standard. This element 3 is of standard construction and need not be described in detail, except to state that 5 it is hollow, permitting the introduction of a lock of hair coiled about a suitable form,

I and contains means for holding a small amount of liquid which will be vaporized upon the application of heat to the chamber,

the heat usually being supplied by a reslstance through which current is passed from connections 4. In practice it has been found that. due usually to carelessness of the operators, there is a considerable risk of injury to the scalp during this operation because of the difficulty of completely sealing the chamber 3, which permits either the heated vapor or the condensed liquid to leak down through the end of this chamber and fall upon the scalp, and in many cases very severe burns have resulted from this cause.

My improved apparatus is a method and apparatus to prevent the above burns, the ap-' paratus consisting of a frame or casing 5, in which are mounted a motor 6, here shown as electrical, and a fluid pump 7 the pump being directly connected to the motor and driven thereby. A discharge conduit 8,1eading from the pump. extends upwardly, being carried within a hollow standard or conduit 9 mounted on the top of the casing 5 and leading out therefrom through an opening 10, which ,is adjacent to a tray 11, upon which the extending portion 12 of the conduit 8 may be coiled when not in use. The conduit 8, at least from its point ofexit from the conduit 9, is flexible and terminates in a small flattened nozzle 13 whichis adapted to discharge air at high speed and to spread the same in a fan-shaped area when discharged. A supply' line for the electric motor, consisting of wires 14, extends through an opemn 15 in the side of the frame 5, while a switch 16 is disposed at the top of the standard 9 and is connected by a suitable line 17 to the motor.

The operation of the apparatus just de-' scribed consists in spreading a conslderable volume of air transversely of the locks of hair 2 during the waving operation, or, in other words, passing a considerable current of air over the various parts of the scalp during the heating or waving operation in order to remove from the vicinity of the scalp any vapor or condensed liquid which 100- may leak from the'lower ends of the heating chambers 3.

The present method of hair waving is not only very much more comfortable for the customer because of the very much lower 105 tem erature at which the head is maintained durlng the heating -operation, but is also very much safer and slightly more rapid because of the less care which is ,now required in sealing up the ends of the heating chambers, 1 10 since the leakage ofvapor or liquid is-in'the the one explained, chan e eing made as regards the means and t e steps herein disclosed, provided those stated by any of the following claims or their equivalent be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctl claim as my invent1on:-

1. n a method of waving hair, the steps which consist in heating a coiled lock'of hair movin any vapor escaping toward the scalp by a blast of cool air directed across the scalp.

Signed by me, this 5th day of September, 1925.

son FISHER. 

